Red Canyon and Cabin Lake fire updates: Aug. 5

Sunday, Aug. 5

Red Canyon Fire

Fire Size Today: 5,766 acres

Containment: 44%

Firefighters: 469

Location: 31 miles south of Rangely, Colo.

Fire Start Date: 7/29/18

Management: Southwest Area Incident Management Team 5

Fireactivity: Wetting rains enabled fire crews to work directly on the fire’s edge yesterday, increasing the percentage of containment. The precipitation, however, halted the planned burnout operations on the northwest corner. Suppression repair work is expected to begin today along the containment lines on the southeast. Mop up operations will widen and strengthen containment lines. Along the southern flanks, crews will continue building and improving containment lines while a Hotshot crew will concentrate on some technically challenging areas. The steep and rugged western flanks will prohibit crews from safely constructing lines in some sections allowing for monitoring by air and ground resources.

Area Closure: The Bureau of Land Management issued an area closure for the Red Canyon fire area for firefighter and public safety:

Cabin Lake Fire

Location: 5.5 miles south of Buford, Colo., and 7 miles northwest of Meadow Lake Campground

Fire start date: 7/29/2018

Management: Rocky Mountain Type 2 Blue Team

Fire Activity: Additional precipitation fell on the Cabin Lake Fire overnight. This additional moisture will keep fire behavior low once again today. Fire crews will engage the fire where it is safe for them to do so today due to muddy conditions in the fire area.

Yesterday, crews were able to improve fireline around the fire’s perimeter. Minimal fire activity caused the fire to grow less than 100 acres.

Today, firefighters will work to improve lines on the northern side of the fire while other crews will continue to patrol and mop up on the westernmost portion of the fire. Firefighters and heavy equipment will be utilized to begin building indirect fireline along the eastern side of the fire. Indirect fireline, which is a fireline built at a distance away from the fire’s edge, is being constructed due to wet areas along the fire’s eastern perimeter.

At the 6 a.m. morning Operations Briefing, Cabin Lake Operations Branch Director Wayne Ichiyasu reminded crews to “remain safe and only engage the fire where you can. It is going to be muddy and slick out there today. Along with the cooler temperatures, it is important to take care of yourself and each other.”

The day will begin with cloudy skies and a 50 percent chance of storms until mid-morning. Partly cloudy skies and isolated thunderstorms are possible this afternoon. Temperatures will be very similar to yesterday with highs in the low to mid-70s. Winds are forecast to be out of the west-southwest at 15-20mph with peak gusts up to 30mph.

Smoke Impacts: Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment has issued an air quality health advisory for wildfire smoke across portions of west-central and southwestern Colorado through August 5, 2018, at 9 am. Visit the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment: https://www.colorado.gov/airquality/colo_smoke.aspx

Cooler temperatures, higher relative humidity and some precipitation received last night and this morning are expected to reduce fire behavior today. The Cabin Lake Fire, 5.5 miles south of Buford, Colo., and 7 miles northwest […]

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